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Could Venus be shifting gear?

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has discovered that our cloud-covered neighbour spins a little slower than previously measured. Peering through the dense atmosphere in the infrared, the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Gap between Scottish and English suicide rates widens

A new study has revealed the widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England & Wales due to a large extent to the number of young Scottish men taking their lives.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tech-savvy Singapore sees spike in online scams

Internet scams have increased in Singapore as consumers in the tech-savvy city-state increasingly turn to online shopping, but the overall crime rate fell to a 20-year low, police said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

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UF report: 2011 shark attacks remain steady, deaths highest since 1993

Shark attacks in the U.S. declined in 2011, but worldwide fatalities reached a two-decade high, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File report released today.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Restricting calories early on does not help acute lung injury patients on ventilators

Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and similar mortality rates if they receive a low-calorie feeding program initially followed by a ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Odds of living a very long life lower than formerly predicted

Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Toshiba announces family of ultra-efficient, high-speed, low voltage MOSFETs

Toshiba today announced a new family of ultra-high-efficiency, high-speed MOSFETs that deliver significant improvements in trade-off characteristics between low on resistance (RDS(ON)) and low input capacitanc ...

Technology / Semiconductors

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Research shows decline in subarachnoid hemorrhage fatality rates

(Medical Xpress) -- The fatality rate from subarachnoid hemorrhage in a five-county area of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky has declined significantly since 1988, research conducted at the University of Cincinnati ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Climate-change effects on malaria risk

A new study suggests that climate change, driven by greenhouse-gas emissions and land-use changes, will cause patterns of malaria infection to change over the next 50 years.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Lifestyle changes can help prevent 30% of cancers: WHO

More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization said Friday, on the eve of World Cancer Day.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Depression link to heart disease not affected by medication

People with major depression and anxiety are 75% more likely to have a heart rate condition linked to cardiovascular disease – regardless of whether they are taking antidepressants, new research shows.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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We are getting fatter, whichever way we turn

We are getting fatter - no matter which way we look at it, a Deakin University analysis of two popular obesity testing methods has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Colo. lawmakers consider trans-fat ban in schools

(AP) -- The nation's leanest state is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation's toughest school trans-fat ban.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Better NHS services reduce suicide rates

Researchers at The University of Manchester have for the first time shown a positive link between improvements in mental health services and a reduction in suicide rates.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep deprivation tied to increased nighttime urination in preadolescence

Nighttime visits to the bathroom are generally associated with being pregnant or having an enlarged prostate, but the problem can affect youngsters, too. A new study sheds light on why some children may need to urinate more ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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